Letters to the Editor
Since I began writing this blog last January, I
have received occasional email correspondence from
total strangers, who write to express their
reactions (mostly favorable) to the articles I have
written. Such "letters to the editor" thrill me,
for it tells me that more people than I would have
guessed are finding and reading my column. Perhaps
more significantly, it demonstrates that the search
engines are consuming my writings on a regular
basis. For example, a Google search on "Man-Eaters
of Tsavo" brings up my column
on the very subject within the first twenty
results.
A high school student named Michael Strickland
expressed agreement with my editorial "Don't
Tread on Me" (originally published in the L.A.
Times). Someone from U.C. Santa Cruz complained
about the "Hollywoodization" of the historical
scholarship surrounding the legend of King Arthur,
in response to my
article about the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer
movie. And just tonight, a teenaged employee of a
southern California grocery store (she called
herself a scab, but I can't bring myself to use the
derogatory word) chimed in on last
Friday's missive against the grocery
strike.
But the prize for most entertaining goes to a
gentleman from Germany whose name bears a distinct
similarity to the title of this blog. He recently
wrote to voice his indignation that his circle of
friends mistakenly thought he was the author of the
"utterly conservative" opinions that frequently
appear here. It's entirely possible that he was
pulling my leg, but his long letter proved quite
stimulating and amusing. Best of all, I learned
that "the Strick" means "the hanging" in German...
so I thank all of you, my loyal readers, who tune
in for the execution every day.
But you don't have to be a stranger to write
a letter to the editor. Take a moment to express
your opinion on the topics I write about, or to let
me know what you think of the past year's writings.
This blog has been an interesting experiment, and
it will soon come to a close. Give me your two
cents while you still can, lest you become the
subject of the next daily hanging.
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Click here
to see the full correspondence of the Berlin-San
Diego correspondence between Simon Strick and The
Daily Strick.
©2003 Michael
Strickland ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED
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